The Disney logo is displayed outside the Disney Store in Times Square, December 14, 2017 in New York City. The Walt Disney Company announced on Thursday morning that it had reached a deal to purchase most of the assets of 21st Century Fox. The deal has a total value of around $66 billion, with Disney assuming $13.7 billion of Fox’s net debt. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

This is not the first time the studio has pushed a gay storyline in its feature films. In 2017, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” character Gaston and his side-kick LeFou, played by actor Josh Gad, share what was described as a “a nice, exclusively gay moment” in the movie.

“LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston,” film director Bill Condon explained at the time. “He’s confused about what he wants. It’s somebody who’s just realizing that he has these feelings.”